Future Tense ReviewAll Four Conjugations

Magister HendersonLatin II

About the Future Tense• Like the imperfect, the future tense is built from

the present stem. • There are two differing methods for creating the

future tense, depending on conjugation.• Verbs of the first and second conjugations use the

following endings:Singular Plural

First Person -bō -bimus

Second Person -bis -bitis

Third Person -bit -bunt

Building the Future Tense

1st Conjugation Singular Plural

First Person amābō amābimus

Second Person amābis amābitis

Third Person amābit amābunt

2nd Conjugation Singular Plural

First Person habēbō habēbimus

Second Person habēbis habēbitis

Third Person habēbit habēbunt

habeō, habēre = to have

amō, amāre = to love

Building the Future Tense

• For the third conjugation, you form the future tense by dropping the entire infinitive ending and adding the endings –am, -ēs, -et, -ēmus, -ētis, -ent.

3rd Conjugation Singular Plural

First Person ponam ponēmus

Second Person ponēs ponētis

Third Person ponet ponent

ponō, ponere = to put

Building the Future Tense• The 3rd –iō conjugation and 4th conjugations add the

letter “i” before the same endings.

3rd -iō Conjugation Singular Plural

First Person capiam capiēmus

Second Person capiēs capiētis

Third Person capiēt capiēnt

4th Conjugation Singular Plural

First Person audiam audiēmus

Second Person audiēs audiētis

Third Person audiēt audiēnt

capiō, capere = to capture

audiō, audīre = to hear

Translating the Future Tense• The future is usually translated simply with the

helping verb “will” or progressively with the helping verbs “will be”.

• It can also be translated with the verbal phrase “going to” or the adverbial phrase “about to”.

vidēbõ Translation

Simple Future = I will see

Progressive Future = I will be seeing

Verbal Phrase = I am going to see

Adverbial Phrase = I am about to see